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PRESIDENTS op t„e 

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BORN, 1732. DIED, 1799. 

PRESIDENT, 1789 — 1797. 

(aGor^e (/9asl7ir\^-|-on 

IX /AS born in Westmoreland Co., Va. His ancestry 
was English. He never entered college. His earliest 
years were spent at Mt. Vernon, Va. He spent three 
years— from 1748 to 1751 — in the survey of large terri- 
tories in Va. in 1751 he was appointed Adj. -Gen. of 
the Provincial Troops, with rank of Major. In 1754 he 
commanded a regiment against the French ; about this 
time he received the rank of Colonel. In 1759 he 
married Mrs. Martha Custis, and retired to his estates. 
For some years he was a member of the Virginia Assem- 
bly, and in 1774 took up the cause of the colonists, 
becoming a member of the Continental Congress. In 
1775 he was made Commander-in-Chief of the Armies. 
When independence was achieved, he retired to his es- 
tate at Mt. Vernon. He was inaugurated President at 
New York, April 30, 1789; re-elected 1792. Died at 
Mt. Vernon. At this time there were no regular life 
insurance companies doing business in the United States. 




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BORN, 1735. 



DIED, 1826. 



PRESIDENT, 1797-1801. 



^Q^n eAdams 



\A/AS of Puritan descent. Born at Braintree, Mass. 
He taught school for two years, while studying 
law. In 1 770 he was one of the selectmen in the Bos- 
ton Convention to protest against British imposts on tea, 
glass, tic. In 1 773 h*^ was a member of the Council of 
State. In 1 774 he was one of the delegates to the first 
Continental Congress, which met at Philadelphia, and 
advocated the Declaration of Independence, and was pro- 
nounced by Jefferson the ablest champion of independ- 
ence on the floor of the House. In 1 780 he was sent as 
Minister to Holland. In 1782 he negotiated, with others, 
the Treaty of Peace with England. In 1785 he went as 
the first Ambassador from the United States to that 
nation. From 1789 to 1797 was Vice-President under 
Washington. He became President, 1 797. At this time 
there were no regular life insurance companies doing 
business in the United States. 











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BORN, 1743. DIED, 1826. 

PRESIDENT, 1801 —1809. 



fpl7omas ^effei'soi^ 



11/' AS born at Shadwell, Va. He studied at William 
and Marys College, and was a member of the first 
Virginia Coi ion which met independently of British 
authority. The original draft of the Declaration of inde- 
pendence was his work. He was a warm advocate of the 
abolition of slavery. He was elected Governor of Vir- 
ginia in 1779. Was sent to Paris to regulate treaties of 
commerce with several European powers. In 1789 he 
was chosen Secretary of State, and served till the close of 
1793. Three years later he was chosen Vice-President 
under Adams. In 1800 there was a tie vote for President 
between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Jefferson was selected 
by the House of Representatives. He was re-elected in 
1805. Louisiana was acquired by purchase from the 
French during Jefferson's Presidency. By a strange coin- 
cidence he died July 4, 1826, on the same day and year 
as Adams. At this time there were no regular life insur- 
ance companies doing business in the United States. 



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BORN, 1751. 

PRESIDENT 1809—1817. 



^amGS Madison 



^l/AS born in King George County, Va. He gradu- 
ated at Princeton College, N. J., in 1771, and after- 
wards studied law and practiced at the bar ; but gave up 
the profession for politics when the struggle of independ- 
ence began. In 1776 he became a member of the Vir- 
ginia Convention; and in 1779 a member of the Fed- 
eral Congress. He was a member of the Convention of 
Vl^l, which met at Philadelphia to form the Constitu- 
tion. He became a member of U. S. Congress in 1789, 
and united with the Republicans in opposition to the 
Administration. He was an advocate against Federal 
encroachment on the right of States. In 1808 he was 
elected President. He endeavored in vain to avert the 
war with England, which was declared in 1812, and 
which continued for two years. He was re-elected 
President in 1812, and died at Montpelier, Va. At this 
time there was only one life insurance company or- 
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BORN, 1758. 

PRESIDENT, 1817 — 1825. 



^ames fAonfOQ 



V\7 AS born in Westmoreland Co., Va. He entered 
the army as a volunteer at the age of eighteen, 
and was present at several battles. He was wounded at 
the battle of Trenton. He was educated at William and 
Marys College, and later studied law. In 1 782 he was 
elected to the Assembly of Virginia, and in \7S} was 
elected to the General Congress. In 1 788 he was one of 
the Virginia Convention, where he opposed the Constitu- 
tion, fearing the encroachments of the Federal Govern- 
ment. For two years, from 1794, he was Minister to 
France. He was for three years Governor of Virginia 
(1799-1802). In I803 he was again sent to France to 
aid in the purchase of Louisiana. He was made Secretary 
of State in 1811, though just elected Governor of Vir- 
ginia. In 18 16 he was elected President, and was re- 
elected in 1 820. He promulgated what is known as the 
" Monroe Doctrine," or the policy of non-interference 
between the United States and the nations of the old 
world. Up to this time only two companies for insur- 
ing- lives were in existence in the United States. 



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BORN, 1767. DIED, 1848. 

PRESIDENT, 1825—1829. 



^ol7n ^uinc^ eAdams 

Al 7AS born at Braintree, Mass., and was the eldest son 
of the second President of the United States. He 
enjoyed rare educational advantages. Accompanying his 
father to Paris in 1 77^, he attended school there. Later 
on he pursued his studies at the University of Leyden. 
He entered Harvard College in 1786, and graduated from 
it in 1788. He was admitted to the bar in 1791, and 
began practice in Boston. He was sent as Minister to 
Holland in 1 794, and in 1 797 as Minister to Berlin. In 
I803 he was elected United States Senator. He was for 
a time Professor of Rhetoric at Harvard. Having a mis- 
understanding with the Federalists, he became connected 
with the Coalition party. In 1809 he was appointed 
Minister to Russia, and was made Secretary of State in 
1817. He was elected President in 1824. In I831 he 
went to Congress, and served there for seventeen years. 
Was a firm advocate for abolition of slavery. Only 
two companies in the United States had up to this time 
been organized to write life insurance. 




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BORN, 1767. DIED, 1845. 

PRESIDENT, 1829 — 1837. 



eAndfeW ^acfeot\ 



\ A /AS bom in North Carolina, and was of Irish descent. 
He had meagre educational advantages. He served 
in the Revolutionary War, and was once taken prisoner 
by the British. In 1785 he began the study of the law 
at Salisbury, North Carolina, and began tirst to practice 
at Nashville, Tenn., in 1788. In 1796 he was instru- 
mental in passing the Constitution of Tennessee, and was 
sent to Congress from that State. He was a Judge of the 
Tennessee Supreme Court from 1798 to 1804. He took 
part in the War of 1812 with Great Britain, and in 1814 
was appointed Major-Gen. of the U. S. Army, command- 
ing the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans. 
He also quelled the Seminole Indian outbreak in Florida 
in 1817. His stubbornness of character won him the 
nickname of " Old Hickory." He was the first Governor 
of Florida in 1821. He was elected President in 1828, 
and again elected in I832. Up to this time only six 
companies had ever conducted a life insurance business 
in the United States. 



BORN, 1782. DIED, 1862. 

PRESIDENT, 1837—1841. 



Martin Van ISuren 

\1/AS born at Kinderhook, N. Y. He was educated 
at the Kinderhook Academy, taking up the study 
of law, and was admitted to the Bar in I803. At an 
early age he became interested in politics, and in 1812 
he was elected to the Senate of N. Y. He was appointed 
Attorney-General of N. Y. in 1815, and in 1816 was re- 
turned again to the State Senate. He became a U. S. 
Senator in 1821, and continued to hold that office till 
1827. In I829 he became Governor of N. Y., but soon 
afterwards resigned to accept the Secretaryship of State, 
under Andrew Jackson. Three years later he became 
Vice-President under Jackson, and in I836 he was elected 
President of the U. S. He was the first to propose the 
plan of an independent Treasury, which was finally 
adopted in 1840. It was during his term of oflice that 
the commercial crisis of I837 occurred, in which all the 
banks suspended specie payments. At this time only 
eight companies had been organized in the United States 
to conduct a regular life insurance business. 




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BORN, 1773. DIED, 1841. 

PRESIDENT, 1841, 



(/9illiam ^(nr\; |4arrison 

\1 7AS the son of Benjamin Harrison, one of the sign- 
ers of Declaration of hidependence. He was born 
in Virginia, and was educated in Hampden Sidney Col- 
lege. It was his intention to enter the medical pro- 
fession, but in 1 791 he joined the army led by Wayne 
against the Indians in the North-West. In this campaign 
he acted as ensign. In 1 797 he left the army, and five 
years later was made Governor of Indiana. The nick- 
name of " Tippecanoe," which he earned, was on account 
of his victory over the great Indian Chief, Tecumseh, at a 
place called Tippecanoe. In I813 he was made Major- 
General, and three years later was elected to Congress ; 
in 1824 he was elected to the Senate, and later was sent 
as Ambassador to Colombia. The Whig party nominated 
him to the Presidency in I836, but he was defeated. He 
was, however, elected to the Presidency in 1840, but 
died the following year within a month of his inaugura- 
tion. In 1841 the Nautilus Insurance Company for 
marine, inland navigation, transportation and fire risks 
was established in New York City. This organization 
subsequently became the New-York Life Insurance 
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BORN, 1790. DIED, 1862. 

PRESIDENT, 1841 —1845. 



^G^n (pyler 



\A MS born and educated in Virginia, and at an early age 
practiced law. At the age of 21 he was elected 
to the State Legislature of Virginia, and was re-elected 
five times in succession. As a strong- advocate of State 
Rights he entered Congress in 1816. In 1825 he occupied 
the chair of Governor of Virginia, and was returned to 
the U. S. Senate in 1827. He ran with Harrison for Vice- 
President in 1840, was elected, and at the death of Harri- 
son, on April 2, 1841, he became President. It was 
during his administration that Texas was annexed to the 
United States, and at the end of his official term he 
retired to private life ; but with the breaking out of the 
Rebellion he sided with the Confederates, and was for a 
time a member of their Congress. In 184S the Nauti- 
lus Insurance Company (afterwards the New-York 
Life Insurance Company) commenced doing a life in- 
surance business. 





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BORN, 1795. DIED, 1849. 

PRESIDENT, 1845—1849. 



^amGS 1^ pGll^ 



VX/AS born in North Carolina, and graduated from the 
University of tliat State. He was called to the Bar 
in 1820, and three years later was elected to the Legis- 
lature of Tenn. hi 1825 he was a member to the U. S. 
Congress from that State. Ten 3ears later he was chosen 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and was also 
Speaker of Congress from 183 7 to I838. The year fol- 
lowing he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and in 
1844 was elected President of the United States. It was 
during his administration that the final consummation 
of annexation of Texas to the U. S. was made. In 
1849 the New-York Life had 2,834 policies in force, 
representing $5,552,000 of insurance, and assets amount- 
ing to $211,802.52. 




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BORN, 1784. DIED, 1850. 

PRESIDENT, 1849 — 1850. 



^acl7ary fpa^lor 



\A7AS born in Orange Co., Va. In his early child- 
hood he was taken to Louisville, Ky., where he 
grew up working on the home plantation. His edu- 
cation was of the simplest. He was appointed a Lieu- 
tenant in the U. S. Infantry in 1808, and two years later 
was promoted to a Captaincy. He served as a Colonel 
in a war against the Indian General, Black Hawk, in 
1832. He defeated the Seminoles, in Florida, in Decem- 
ber, 1837, thus terminating the war. In the Mexican 
War he was sent to protect Texas, and laid siege to Mon- 
terey. He won the battle of Buena Vista. Was elected 
President in 1848, and died sixteen months after his 
inauguration. In 1850 the New-York Life Insurance 
Co. had 3,671 policies in force, representing ^7,816,000 
of insurance, and assets amounting to ^354,755.24. 




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BORN, 1800. DIED, 1874. 

PRESIDENT, 1850-1853. 



Millard pillmorG 



VyAS born at Summer Hill, in New York State. The 
only education he received was at a village school. 
At an early age he was apprenticed to a wool-carder, and 
while still a young man entered the law oiilce of Judge 
Wood, who assisted him financially, and also assisted him 
in his law studies. In 1827 he was called to the Bar, and 
two years later was elected to the New York Legislature. 
In I832 he was elected to the United States Congress, and 
was subsequently re-elected three different times. In 
1847 he was Comptroller of the State of New York, and 
one year later was elected Vice-President of the United 
States. On account of the death of Zachary Taylor, he 
succeeded to the Presidency the following year. In 1853 
the New-York Life Insurance Company had 3,838 
policies in force, representing $10,510,000 of insurance, 
and assets amounting to $795,910.21. 




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BORN, 1804. DIED, 1869. 

PRESIDENT, 1853—1857. 



Pranklin pierce 



VX/AS a native of New Hampshire. He graduated 
from Bowdoin College, Me., in the year 1824. 
Under Levi Woodbury he studied law, and was admitted 
to the Bar in 1827. He practiced law at Hillsborough, 
his native town, and in I833 was elected a Member of 
Congress, four years later being returned to the United 
States Senate. He resigned in 1842 to take up again his 
legal profession at Concord, N. H. At the beginning of 
the Mexican War he entered the army as a private, and 
in 1847 was made Brigadier-General. He was elected 
President of the United States in 1852. It was under his 
administration that Jefferson Davis was appointed Secre- 
tary of War. During his term of office several impor- 
tant commercial treaties were consummated with foreign 
nations. In 1857 the New-York Life had 4,259 policies 
in force, representing $12,778,938 of insurance, and 
assets amounting to $1,361,524.88. 





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BORN, 1791. DIED, 1868. 

PRESIDENT, 1857 — 1861. 



^ames ISucl^anan 



A^/AS born in Pennsylvania, in Franklin Co. It was 
at Diclcinson College, Carlisle, that he received his 
education. After studying law he was admitted to the 
Bar in 1812. Two years later he entered the Penns\lva- 
nia Legislature, and in 1820 he was chosen as a Member 
of Congress. He remained there until I831, when he 
was sent as Ambassador to Russia, a position which he 
occupied for three years, in I833 he was elected U. S. 
Senator from Pennsylvania, and remained in the Senate 
until 1845, when he was appointed Secretary of State by 
President Pollc. Some years later he retired to private 
life, and in 1853 h<^ was appointed U. S. Minister to 
England, in 1856 he was elected Piesident of the United 
States. In 1861 the New- York Lif/ had 5,125 policies 
in force, representing $16,411,259 of insurance, and 
assets amounting to $2,004,570.14. 




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BORN, 1809. DIED, 1865. 

PRESIDENT, 1861 —1865. 



eAbraljam bir^coln 



\^7AS born in Hardin Co., Ky. His ancestry were 
English Quakers. In 1816 his father moved to 
Indiana. For ten years Lincoln worked on the farm at 
home ; his whole time in school did not exceed one year, 
but he was a voracious reader. In I831 he helped to 
build a flat-boat on the Mississippi, on which he worked 
his way to New Orleans, where he became a clerk in a 
New Salem store. Two years later he became Captain of 
Volunteers. From I834 to 1840 he was a Member of 
the Illinois Legislature, where he was an acknowledged 
leader ; in the meantime studying law. Springfield, 111., 
was the first place where he began to practice law, in 
1846. From 1849 to 1854 he practiced law, and was 
elected President of the United States in the year 1860; 
the following year the War of the Rebellion broke out. 
On September 22, 1862, he issued the memorable Eman- 
cipation Proclamation declaring the abolition of slavery. 
He was re-elected President in 1864; was assassinated on 
April 14, 1865. In 1865 the New-York Life had 16,077 
policies in force, representing M5, 485, 726 of insurance, 
and assets amounting to M,3 79,007.43- 




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BORN, 1808. DIED, 1875. 

PRESIDENT, 1865-1869. 



eAndreW ^ol^nson 



VX/AS born at Raleigh, N. C. He served ten years as 
an apprentice to a tailor, during which time he 
taugh^ himself reading and writing. Some years later he 
was made Alderman of the village of Greenville, and in 
1830 was elected Mayor, serving a term of three years. 
He was in the Legislature from I835 to I837, and again 
from I839 to 1841. He was elected State Senator of 
Tennessee, and in 1843 was sent to the United States 
Congress, where he remained for ten years. At the end 
of this term he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and 
again in 1855 he served another term as Governor. He 
was United States Senator from 1857 to I863, was Vice- 
President under Lincoln, and at Lincoln's death succeeded 
to the Presidency. He was impeached by the House in 
March, 1868, but was acquitted, hi I869 the New-York 
Life had 33,145 policies in force, representing $102,132,- 
513 of insurance, and assets amounting to $11,798,857.73. 



BORN 1822. DIED, 1885. 

PRESIDENT, 1869 — 1877. 



Ol^ssGS §. (aFanf 



VA/AS born at Point Pleasant, Ohio. In I839 he en- 
tered the West Point Military Academy, hi 1843 
he was commissioned as a 2d Lieutenant, and served in 
the Mexican War, under Gen. Taylor. He was pro- 
moted 1st Lieutenant in 1847, and served on the Pacific 
Coast until 1854, when he resigned and lived on a farm 
for four years. Owing- to bad health he gave up farm- 
ing, and went into business in St. Louis. In i860 he 
went into his father's store at Galena, 111. When Lincoln 
called for troops in 1861, Grant drilled a company and 
took it to Springfield. On June 17th he was made 
Colonel of the 21st 111. Infantry; shortly afterward he 
was promoted to Brigadier-General, and in 1864 was 
made Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armies. 
The rank of General was specially created for him in 
1866. Two years later, in 1868, he was elected Presi- 
dent, and again to a second term in 1872. In 1877 the 
New-York Life had 45,605 policies in force, represent- 
ing ^127,901,887 of insurance, and assets amounting to 
$33,573,537.31. 





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BORN, 1822. DIED, 1893. 

PRESIDENT, 1877 — 1881. 



A A /AS born at Delaware, Ohio. He graduated from 
Kenyon College and from the School of Law at 
Harvard. In the year 1845 he began to practice at the 
Bar in Lower Sandusky, Ohio, and was City Solicitor of 
Cincinnati from the year 1859 to 1861. At the breaking 
out of the Civil War he was appointed Major 23d Ohio 
Infantry, and was shortly afterward promoted to the rank 
of Lieut.-Colonel. In the campaign of West Virginia he 
took a very prominent part, and was severely wounded at 
the battle of South Mountain. He was made Brigadier- 
General in 1864. Was elected to Congress for awhile 
from 1864 to 1866. In 1868 he was elected Governor of 
Ohio, and again in I876. In that year he was Republican 
candidate for the Presidency, and after a heated dispute 
over electoral votes, which were claimed by both parties, 
a Commission, appointed by Congress, gave the disputed 
votes to Hayes. He was President of the United States 
from 1877 to 1881. In the year 1881 the New-York 
Life Insurance Company had 53,927 policies in force, 
representing ^151,760,824 of insurance. Its assets 
amounted to $44,159,558.09. 




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BORN, 1831. DIED, 1881. 

PRESIDENT, 1881. 



^ames c^. @arfield 

Vy AS born at Orange, in the State of Ohio. His edu- 
cational advantages were meager, being confined to 
a common-school education. Brought up on a farm, he 
was obliged to labor early and late, and at one time his 
employment consisted in driving a team of mules attached 
to a canal boat. He found time to study, and by dint of 
perseverance he graduated at Williams College in the 
year 1856. Afterward he studied law and was admitted 
to the Bar. From 1859 to i860 he was a member of the 
Ohio Senate. In 1861 he entered the army as Colonel 
of the 42d Ohio Volunteers, and his promotion was 
rapid. From Brigadier-General he was made Chief-of- 
Staff in 1863, foi' gallantry at Chicamauga. Shortly 
afterward he was promoted to the rank of Major-General, 
but resigned to accept a seat in the 38th Congress. He 
was elected to the Senate in 1880, and the same year he 
was elected President of the United States. On July 2d, 
1881, he was assassinated, and died on September 19th, 
at Elberon, N. J. In the year 1881 the New- YORK Life 
Insurance Company paid to its policy-holders ^5,091,- 
820.23, including- $25,000 paid on the life of Pres. Garfield. 





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BORN, 1830, DIED, 1886. 

PRESIDENT, 1881 — 1885. 



^l79stGr qA. eArtl^ur 

\A/AS a native of Vermont, being born at Fairfield, 
Franklin County. His ancestry was Scotch-Irish. 
He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, in 1849- 
Subsequently he studied law and was admitted to the Bar 
in 1851. He joined the Republican Party shortly after 
its first jrganization. He served as a staff officer of the 
State Militia of the State of New York, and in 1861 he 
was appointed Inspector-General of the New York State 
National Guard and subsequently Quartermaster-General 
of the State troops. He was Collector for the port of 
New York in 1871 and held this position until 1878. In 
1880 he was elected Vice-President of the United States, 
and on the death of President Garfield he succeeded to 
the presidential office. In 1885 the New- YORK Life 
Insurance Company had 86,418 policies in force, repre- 
senting $259,674,500 of insurance, and its assets amounted 
to $61,623,472.67. 



CORN, 1837. 

PRESIDENT, 1885 — 1839. 1893 — 1897. 

Ste|Dl7Gn (ai'oxJer ^le\)Gland 

V\/AS born at Caldwell, N. J., in the year I837. 
When quite young his parents removed to Fayette- 
ville, N. Y. He studied at the Clinton Academy, read 
law in Buffalo, v/as admitted to the Bar in 1859. He 
continued to practice law in Buffalo and in I863 he was 
appointed Assistant-District-Attorney for Erie County, 
hi 1869 he was made Sheriff of that county, and in 1874 
was elected Mayor of Buffalo. In 1882 he was elected 
Governor of the State of New York, and two years later, 
in 1884, was elected President of the United States. He 
was nominated again in June, 1888, but was defeated by 
Benjamin Harrison. He was nominated the third time, in 
1 892, this time defeating Harrison, and gained a second 
term as President of the United States, a position which 
he at present occupies, hi I889 the New-York Life 
Insurance Company had 150,381 policies in force, 
representing $495,601,970 of insurance, and its assets 
amounted to $97,846,079.43- 





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BORN, 1833. 

PRESIDENT, 1889 — 1893. 



Benjamin ^amsor\ 



\ A/'AS born at North Bend, O. He was a great-grand- 
son of Benjamin Harrison, one of the signers of 
the Declaration of hidependence, and grandson of the 
ninth President of the United States, hi the year 1852 
he graduated from the Miami University. He studied 
law in Cincinnati, and in 1854 removed to Indianapolis, 
Ind., where he began a legal practice which subsequently 
became very extensive. He joined the Union Army in 
1862 and served until the close of the war, retiring to 
private life with the rank of Brevet Brigadier- General. 
He was defeated as Republican candidate for Governor of 
Indiana in the year 1876. Five years later he was elected 
to the United States Senate, where he served for six years. 
He was nominated by the Republican Party for President 
in 1888 and was elected President. In 1893 the New- 
YoRK Life Insurance Company had 253,876 policies in 
force, representing $779,156,678.00 of insurance, and its 
assets amounted to SI 38,5 7 1,2 11.59- 






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JOHN A. McCALL, President 

OF THE 

fleu/-Y*or(( Cife l^surapee ^ompapy. 

n^HE strongest purely mutual life insurance company in the 
^ world to-day, having a present membership repre^ 
senting more individuals directly interested in the 
Company than there were votes cast for GEORGE 
WASHINGTON when he was first elected President 
of the United States. 

A COMPANY WITHOUT STOCK OF ANY KIND, 

Purely mutual, no individual having control because of owner- 
ship. The Company is fifty-one years old. No man has ever 
lost a dollar deposited with it. In its fifty-one years of active 
business it has never failed to declare a dividend to its policy- 
holders. Its present policy contract is without restrictions and 
non-forfeitable. 

DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY WITH THIS COMPANY, AND YOU CANNOT 

LOSE IT IF YOU LAPSE YOUR POLICY, IF YOU 

LIVE TO OLD AGE, OR IF YOU DIE. 



IN TIMES LIKE THESE, OTHER INVESTMENTS MAY BE A 
RISK, BUT LIFE INSURANCE IS A REFUGE. " 



The New=York Life Insurance Co. 

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(IN 313 WORKING DAYS OF EIGHT HOURS EACH) 

Paid to Its Policy=holders 

$1.85 

EVERY SECOND ; 

$111.77 

EVERY MINUTE ; 

$6,706.68 

EVERY HOUR; 

$53,653.45 

EVERY DAY ; 

$322,952.53 

EVERY VTEEK ; 

$1,399,460.99 



EVERY MONTH ; 

AND 



$16,793,531.94 



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